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farr / AlignedVersusIsoSpin

A calculation and paper comparing aligned and isotropic black hole spin models.
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Caveat On P(a) shared #33

Closed farr closed 7 years ago

farr commented 7 years ago

I infer that the same P(a) is used for both members of the binary? For binaries formed in the field, the mass accretion history for each binary member is somewhat different in a systematic way and any spin due to accretion, as opposed to natal spin, is likely to be systematically different, to some extent, for each component. This may be inconsequential, but may be prudent to mention.